Jolles

surname · Latin script

Meaning: variant of Joll with genitival or postmedieval excrescent -s

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈdʒoʊɫz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Jolles is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.9M(measured from records)
  • JMJamaica≈1 in 232K
  • NLNetherlands1 in 402K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

177 people, 2010

Sources
136 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 232K (inferred from the name graph)

Jamaica, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

variant of Joll with genitival or postmedieval excrescent -s.

Sources 1

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jolles counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Jolles is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1771 in 1.9M206Jolles136
DE Germany≈63 est.≈1 in 1.3M—Jolles14
FR France≈63 est.≈1 in 1.1M7—1
NL Netherlands431 in 402K43Jolles14
GB United Kingdom≈39 est.≈1 in 1.7M—Jolles32
JM Jamaica≈12 est.≈1 in 232K—Jolles1
CH Switzerland81 in 1.1M8Jolles6

177 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jolles is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Jollès, Jollés

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Venezuela, United Kingdom

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Jollès

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Jollès

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt

    Also written Jollès

27 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Jolles is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, from the personal name Jolle, Jull, a short form of Julian.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In Swedish, indefinite genitive singular of jolle

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Adolf Jolles, b. 1862André Jolles, b. 1874Henry Jolles, b. 1902Zvi Enrico Jolles, b. 1902Charlotte Jolles, b. 1909Oliver de Chalon Jolles, b. 1945Claudia Jolles, b. 1958Chris Jolles, b. 1963Adam Jolles, b. 1970

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Jolles,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 20 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Jolles
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020206#95,069
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000194#88,825
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010177#101,737
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)200743#33,991
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194110—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19719—
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20248#72,019
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19917—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19817—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19617—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19317—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19217—

Reference works 6

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Jolles mean, and where does it come from?
variant of Joll with genitival or postmedieval excrescent -s. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Jolles?
A machine transcription gives /ˈdʒoʊɫz/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Jolles have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 177 people named Jolles, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jolles.
How common is the name Jolles?
In the United States, the national register counted 177 people named Jolles in 2010, about 1 in 1.9 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jolles”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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